The Dallas Cowboys: moving Tony Romo and starting anew

[m1ke_nyc]

I think you give Romo 2 seasons to produce in the postseason and if nothing happens then you consider rebuilding. Cowboys have the talent just depends can they put it together and Romo is the offense its just he seems to always come up small in the big game.

[Hades71]

I traded him to the titans during the first offseason for the number one overall pick and some other picks. Anyway got pooh carlson and he has been awesome.

[geek62959]

Quote: Originally Posted by Afrikan

in real life? yes the Cowboys need to move on from Romo. in the video game...na I'd keep him, he is mobile and they don't take his cautiousness passes late in games into consideration.

No, no they don't. The Cowboys do not need to move on from the guy who has the second highest career passer rating in the history of the NFL. Now, he's definitely not the second best quarterback to ever play, but he's certainly one of the top qbs in the league.

Regarding his late-game performance, there are a few plays that everyone remembers being "unclutch" and the media likes to hype it up. The reality is that Romo has the highest career fourth-quarter passer rating among active quarterbacks, and the only reason the Cowboys had a chance in many of those games he was labelled "unclutch" is because he was on the field.

Tony makes mistakes, but so do other quarterbacks. The difference is that other quarterbacks have teams that allow them room for mistakes, whereas the Cowboys can barely win games even when Tony is playing great.

[Blue Ninja]

Tom Brady is 14-29 all.time going into 4th.quarter when trailing..just saying.

[BlastX21]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blue Ninja

Tom Brady is 14-29 all.time going into 4th.quarter when trailing..just saying.

Well yeah. You lose most games where you're tailing late. Winning 1/3 of those games anyway is significant.

[BlastX21]

Quote: Originally Posted by geek62959

No, no they don't. The Cowboys do not need to move on from the guy who has the second highest career passer rating in the history of the NFL. Now, he's definitely not the second best quarterback to ever play, but he's certainly one of the top qbs in the league. Regarding his late-game performance, there are a few plays that everyone remembers being "unclutch" and the media likes to hype it up. The reality is that Romo has the highest career fourth-quarter passer rating among active quarterbacks, and the only reason the Cowboys had a chance in many of those games he was labelled "unclutch" is because he was on the field. Tony makes mistakes, but so do other quarterbacks. The difference is that other quarterbacks have teams that allow them room for mistakes, whereas the Cowboys can barely win games even when Tony is playing great.

Another difference is that Romo gets more flak for throwing late picks than 90% of QBs in the NFL.

That said, I've had my moments of hating him, like last year's opener against the Jets where he threw a pick straight into Darelle Revis' hands (no receiver in a 10 yard radius). But ultimately I agree with you that his good play generally outweighs the bad. I don't think he's great, but I think he's good, and good enough to lead a super bowl team if the talent around him performs consistently.

[Theseos]

I'm tired of this ideology that certain players/coaches are not cluch and therefor not good. If it wasn't for Romo you wouldn't have even been in those big games that he "blew".

Dan Marino is still one of the greatest QBs to ever play the game.
Marty Schottenheimer should still be coaching the Chargers, and is still one of the greatest coaches of all time.
Bob Stoops is one of the greatest College Coaches
Petyton Manning an 1st round hall of famer

All of these guys have faced incredibly tough situations where one play was what seperated them from media greatness/humility. When top talent is put against top talent chance is often the deciding factor. I'd take any of these guys any day in my franchise.

[WDaniel]

Romo is a good QB, that is unarguable. However, he is simply not a winner.